TORONTO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index jumped
for a second day on Wednesday, with banks climbing after the
U.S. Federal Reserve hiked interest rates and mining stocks were
boosted as gold held on to gains given the Fed pointed to a slow
pace of further hikes.

The energy group weighed, however, as a sharp jump in U.S.
inventories and the Fed hike's implications for a stronger U.S.
currency weighed on crude prices.